Kelly A. Hogan, Ph.D.

“I represent 67,000 pediatricians, and let me be clear: this bill will devastate children’s health,” said Dr. Susan Kressly, President of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social “Kids are 22% of our population—but 100% of our future. We cannot afford to fail them.”
Call your senators and demand a NO vote.

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

Bethesda Declaration www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve."
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"The purpose of weaponized metascience is to appear scientific, to adopt the trappings of science in order to discredit science."

Trump’s science adviser defends funding cuts as a chance to ‘revitalize’ U.S. science Michael Kratsios says DEI has led to a loss of public trust in universities

The U.S. research community needs to learn how to thrive with less money from the federal government.

That was the blunt message from Michael Kratsios, science adviser to President Donald Trump and head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. scim.ag/4k0EIiv

The Impact Map provides timely data—as it becomes available—on federal policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect. theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...

The 20th Amendment is being ignored by the President, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.

Every NIH person took an oath to “defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Conduct yourselves accordingly.

Nothing more insufferable than Covid revisionist history, but here we are.

Opinion | ‘I Wanted to Do Work That Was Helping People.’ Then Trump Fired Him — Twice. The Trump administration saw them as villains. I saw something very different.

‘I Wanted to Do Work That Was Helping People.’ Then Trump Fired Him — Twice. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...

Why We Follow Narcissistic Leaders A recent study aimed to understand narcissistic leaders and who is most likely to follow them. The results revealed a few patterns. If you are someone who is always looking out for others, empathizes with others, and seeks harmony and consensus in your team (known as agreeable followers), you are more likely to be susceptible to following a narcissistic leader. If you are someone who gets anxious and worried easily, or likes to get started on work projects early on to prevent anxiety as a deadline draws closer (known as neurotic followers), you probably prefer engaging with narcissistic leaders.

Why We Follow Narcissistic Leaders hbr.org/2023/01/why-...

Opinion | America Is Learning the Wrong Lesson from Elon Musk’s Success Intimidation doesn’t elevate performance; it undermines people.

Elon Musk has succeeded in spite of the way he treats others, not because of it.

Belittling is not a leadership strategy—it reflects a lack of self-control. Demeaning doesn't get results—it thwarts productivity.

Disrespect for the status quo can be a virtue. Disrespect for people is a vice.

As re-firings begin, judge demands Trump administration tell probationary employees they were not let go for poor performance Court declines to block more firings of recently hired staff, saying individual agencies are now making their own decisions.

As re-firings begin, judge demands Trump administration tell probationary employees they were not let go for poor performance. Court declines to block more firings of recently hired staff, saying individual agencies are now making their own decisions. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

The symbiosis of narcissistic leaders and low-self-esteem followers: Dominance complementarity in childhood. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

Frontiers | Narcissistic Leaders and Their Victims: Followers Low on Self-Esteem and Low on Core Self-Evaluations Suffer Most Narcissistic leaders are self-absorbed and hold beliefs of entitlement and superiority. Their aggressive tendencies in the face of criticism and inclinations...

Narcissistic Leaders and Their Victims: Followers Low on Self-Esteem and Low on Core Self-Evaluations Suffer Most www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Fired federal probationary employees thrown back in limbo after court losses • Arkansas Advocate Fired federal probationary workers saw setbacks this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court and an appeals court dealt blows in two separate cases, leaving the newly hired or recently promoted employees hit ...

Fired federal probationary employees thrown back in limbo after court losses arkansasadvocate.com/2025/04/10/r...

63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.

They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.

When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?

“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.

Validation is very important to traumatized individuals. Emotionally responsible people will support you and validate how you feel so the individual can become a productive person once again for society.. Invalidation does nothing but further victimize the individual.

All this doom ain’t gonna scroll itself

By letting business leaders redefine the purpose of higher education as job preparation, we have completely eviscerated the value of research and the notion that universities are public goods and should be funded as such. We need to show society our real value, and it’s not narrow job prep.

🚨BREAKING: 9th Circuit DENIES government's motion to pause federal court order requiring the rehiring of probationary civil servants who were terminated. A big win for democracy and a another defeat for Trump.

Visit www.democracydocket.com for full coverage of this and all breaking democracy news.

NEW: Fired probationary employees at NIH began receiving messages from HR today citing Maryland judge James Breydar's order a few days ago which ordered HHS and other agencies to rescind the firings. "You will remain in a paid administrative leave status until further notice," the message said.

Centralized Peer Review at NIH: Yea or Nay? www.medpagetoday.com/Surveys/114660

Spot on.

For what it’s worth, some of us who held these roles on a probationary basis were placed on administrative leave on 2/18 with an official termination date of 3/14. Check for our removal from the system after Friday.

NIH Move to Centralize Peer Review Worries Some Experts Former CSR director says a funding cut could risk lowering peer review standards

NIH Move to Centralize Peer Review Worries Some Experts www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin Local Hero Video Series: Week 249 Feat. Dr. Lauren McGee

My Joint Address guest Dr. Lauren McGee is a NIH cancer biologist who was summarily fired by a DOGE worker she never met during Elon Musk's Valentine's Day assault on the federal workforce.

This MD-08 Local Hero was doing pathbreaking research to treat pediatric cancer.

NIH will eliminate many peer review panels and lay off some scientists overseeing them

Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest.

Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG

The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.